Calories burned while exercising

karl53
karl53 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 22 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone else get a different amount of calories burned with this app versus another app. I weigh 235 pounds and just walked 5.1 miles this app shows me burning 4.3 cal per minute. Another app I have shows the same amount of time burning 8 cal per minute I have yet to find an adjustment in this app to correct the calorie burn per minute or distance

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  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    edited July 2015
    Calorie burns are just estimates (regardless of source). You’re best to just pick a reasonable figure and plug that in. If, after a few weeks, you’re not seeing the results you want, tweak your burn rate.

    Allan Misner
    NASM Certified Personal Trainer (Corrective Exercise Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist)

    [Edited by MFP Mods]
  • Camomilejane
    Camomilejane Posts: 55 Member
    I am not on Facebook, but I had a look at your inspirational quotes, just brilliant!
  • nemo3590
    nemo3590 Posts: 11 Member
    MFP is notorious for overestimating calorie burns while exercising. Thing is, no app is going to be completely accurate since everyone is different. I think FitBit has one of the highest rankings when it comes to accuracy, but it still has a margin of error of about 20% So keep in mind that every calorie burn is a "guesstimate" at best, so don't rely on them if you're really trying to micromanage calories.
  • Camomilejane
    Camomilejane Posts: 55 Member
    Sorry! That was for Allan Misner.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    they're just estimates...there's no way any data base could be bang on accurate.
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    edited July 2015
    Camomilejane wrote: »
    I am not on Facebook, but I had a look at your inspirational quotes, just brilliant!

    Thank you!

    Allan Misner
    NASM Certified Personal Trainer (Corrective Exercise Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist)

    [Edited by MFP Mods]
  • brenda_jbc52
    brenda_jbc52 Posts: 2 Member
    Why does this ap give you calorie crefit for cardio, but not a weight workout?
  • FitFroglet
    FitFroglet Posts: 219 Member
    Hi brenda,
    If you look in the cardio section for strength training you'll get a calorie credit. The weight training part is just a handy place to record what weight you're using and what reps you're doing.
  • EzRemake
    EzRemake Posts: 128 Member
    Believe it or not (this took me awhile to accept), but weight lifting burns almost no calories. It's easier to assume it burns 0, and put the calorie side of things on your diet instead.
  • brenda_jbc52
    brenda_jbc52 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you!!
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